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Sailors stuck with expensive housing options after Navy shuts down their barracks
Task & Purpose ^ | 5/16/2022 | Task & Purpose

Posted on 05/16/2022 2:49:47 PM PDT by Right Wing Vegan

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1 posted on 05/16/2022 2:49:47 PM PDT by Right Wing Vegan
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Don’t worry though, the illegals are covered.


2 posted on 05/16/2022 2:54:48 PM PDT by pfflier
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Why did they shut down the barracks? This makes no sense.


3 posted on 05/16/2022 2:56:01 PM PDT by BipolarBob ("Money can't buy happiness but it can buy a huge yacht that sails right next to it." - DavidLRoth)
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Isn’t there an extended stay hotel the Navy could rent out?


4 posted on 05/16/2022 2:59:51 PM PDT by packagingguy
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Quit sending money to Ukraine and spend it on our own people.


5 posted on 05/16/2022 3:02:43 PM PDT by dforest (We have to put a stop to this now.)
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Trailers for sale or rent… rooms to let for .50 cent


6 posted on 05/16/2022 3:02:47 PM PDT by Track9 (You are far too inquisitive not to be seduced…)
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I when through this same sort of housing crap, so I know the drill.
McClellan AFB 1977-1978.
Luckily that base bordered a Ghetto so I moved there.
Most thugs don’t Fuk with the military.
Unlike Liberals, even Thugs know where their
freedoms come from.


7 posted on 05/16/2022 3:02:53 PM PDT by rellic
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There’s a novel idea 💡


8 posted on 05/16/2022 3:03:27 PM PDT by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Robert Heinlein)
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Nothing is too good for our soldiers and sailors, so that’s exactly what the system gives them.


9 posted on 05/16/2022 3:04:36 PM PDT by rangerX (Sua Sponte)
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Key West? These sailors need to buy boats and put their housing allowance toward payments and docking fees.


10 posted on 05/16/2022 3:04:56 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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E-1 to E-3, with E-4's under 3 years.

Because NCO's and officers are above them and all who have served knows, s#!t rolls downhill!

11 posted on 05/16/2022 3:05:53 PM PDT by airborne (Thank you Rush for helping me find FreeRepublic! )
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When I was an E-2 and living in the barracks, the only Chow Hall on base was closed for renovations for 9 months.

They decided to give us partial rations at $4.50 per day. We had no refrigerators and one microwave for 80 people on our barracks floor.

Most of us had no car (early 80s military norm), so we were left eating at the bowling alley or rec center.

I still can’t believe leadership let that happen.


12 posted on 05/16/2022 3:05:57 PM PDT by Mr.Unique (My boss wants me to sign up for a 401K. No way I'm running that far! )
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Well said.


13 posted on 05/16/2022 3:06:26 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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2 sailors in a trailer off base covered by Uncle Sam?

Quit yer bitchin’


14 posted on 05/16/2022 3:08:05 PM PDT by eyedigress (Trump is my President! )
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Nothing new here. When my Destroyer returned to San Diego from Yokosuka in 1970 we were sent to dry dock at Long Beach. The Navy refused to give Basic Allowance for Quarters to E-4s and below, saying we had to live on the ship. Right. As it’s being sandblasted and air hoses and cables everywhere.

10 of us rented an apartment, near Compton, and commuted for 3 months. The Navy knew all this but didn’t give a shyt. We weren’t lifers so f*** us. Sure made us want to re-up. Lol.


15 posted on 05/16/2022 3:08:22 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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The DoD has a responsibility to either provide housing for those in uniform or the $$$ needed to procure private housing. But having dodged the draft himself and failing to return salutes of Airmen and Marines he regularly encounters makes clear that he holds our Armed Forces in contempt.

So these sailors should just suck it up!

16 posted on 05/16/2022 3:14:27 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Covid Is All About Mail In Ballots)
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Sailors stuck with expensive housing options after Navy shuts down their barracks

Admirals need new expensive toys - the money gotta come from somewhere may as well be from the expendable swabbies budget.


17 posted on 05/16/2022 3:14:47 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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I was stationed at Hahn AB my first two years in Germany. First year was in the BOQ (Bachelor Officers Quarters), it was ok, I guess.

First chance I got, I moved off base. Found a small apartment 12 miles off base, in a town called Traben-Trarbach. I think I broke even on my housing allowance.

Two years later, I was transferred to Spangdahlem, but didn't move. My now 28 mile commute took about 40 minutes, but it was worth it. The drive took me through the Urziger Wurzgarten vineyards.

18 posted on 05/16/2022 3:17:23 PM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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This is terrible.


19 posted on 05/16/2022 3:20:55 PM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta ( )
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The military could eliminate half of the General/Flag Officer billets, and not miss a beat...might even become more efficient.

Lest anyone thinks I have it in for generals, I was proud to serve with quite a few, such as LTG Jay Garner, BG Johnie Forte, BG Archie Cannon, MG Jim Cercy. These men were all leaders, and I learned a lot from them. Not a Courtney Massengale in the bunch, they were all Sam Damons.

20 posted on 05/16/2022 3:22:13 PM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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